I respect the sentiments of Doc and Danny wanting to more low maintainence, but I DO NOT see Dooling as the crafty veteran that Delonte is turning out to be "on-the-court". I still think every team needs someone with a little edge. Dooling from what I remember like to shoot; now he may have changed his stripes, at this time in his career, but so far I have not seen the cagey veteran thing. It was interesting that Rick Carlise called upon Delonte to "start" in the second half of yesterday's game instead of Vince Carter. Or can we forget that he gave Dwayne Wade fits. We may be trying to bring Avery Bradley along, but is he worth the "risk" in a shortened season such as this. We cannot go through the season with Rondo playing 41 minutes; we need someone to give up a solid 15. Posted by ShepherdCall

Maybe Doolings performance tonite will stop stupid post like this judging someone on ONE game

Need more consistency from Dooling. But I liked it a lot. Can't have a bad game followed by a good one. Hopefully his confidence is high now. I also liked him playing WITH Rondo. That was a good combo!!

Agreed, Keyon Dooling had a great game last night, but that is what I remember him for, shooting, not being a crafty back-up point guard. Last night, Rondo and Allen handled the point and Dooling help spread the floor.

The issue, we had to play Rondo 44 minutes and the question of a back-up is still open in my mind to the kind of penetrating that he did. It is clear that this is not Avery Bradley (although Doc loves his defense), and perhaps this could be ETwan Moore.

I am concerned that they are going to force Dooling to be something he is not and we lose what he provided last night. I thought Doc's hand was forced last night with all the cheap fouls on Sasha and Quis; but the three guard set did look good.

I trust now that we have these back-to-backs we can see Doc go deeper into his bench and we get to see Twan tonight in New Orleans.

Dooling must have heard me doggin him. LOL! He played well and I liked his fire. Now where were Pav and JON?? Avery Bradley...SMH!! I wish Doc would take a chance and play Stiesma, JJJ and Moore. If the Heat can play Cole that much surely we can take a look at those 3 guys. I'm hoping he gives them significant minutes tonight. The zone worked very well. I think Doc blew it when he went away from it for those few minutes and they ran off 5-7 points. The Heat looked like they had seen a ghost with the zone.Posted by BiasLewis

I think all of Celtics Nation agrees with you. Why doesn't Danny or "anyone" in the organization address that with Doc? No team has had the luxury of having a solid training camp with enough practices to thoroughly evaluate new players. And now that the season has started, practices are going to be few and far between so there really is no reason at all why these 4-year very good college players are not on the court. Danny needs to have a talk with Doc and insist that, due to the compressed schedule, these guys are given minutes.

Doc will have to determine his rotations along the way and we are now in "along the way" time. It's just amazing how Doc doesn't give these guys ANY minutes. Why even have these guys on the roster if you aren't planning to develop and play them. Part of that development has to be gained ON THE COURT.

Early last night I asked if Dooling ever saw a shot he didnt take... The guy has no interest or clue about doing much except launching. That said, I got a real kick out of watching him go off against the Heat.. That weird looking jumper and the 3 he hit to bring us within 3 of the Heat was all balls! Maybe we need a wild man on the court to spice up the team...as long as hes hitting though lolPosted by Karllost

EXACTLY, the point of my post was let's not present him as a seasoned crafty back-up point guard like say Anthony Carter. The guy loves to shoot and was just too streaking and small to man the shooting guard position as a starter during his career.

Point is, we still need someone to spell Rondo, not unless you are going to use Avery as we used Eddie House with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen assisting on the offensive set-up duties.

He performed well as a complement to the starters not as a set-up man for the second unit.

Doc said he was going to us KG as center a lot this year. We pretty much have to. That makes us a better running team as well. Bass is a banger. Doc forgot to tell Bass that we don't get offensive rebounds, that we get back on defense. I have been watching Bass a long time. I couldn't believe he didn't play for more Dallas. He had the same type games with them a lot. I guess his defense is not goood, although he doesn't look terrible.Dooling surprised me last nite. I hope it wasn't a flash in the pan. His jumper looks pretty good when he gets his feet set. When he tries to create something it does't look too good. Looked out of control a few times. I will take last nites game the rest of the season from him though.

Agreed, Keyon Dooling had a great game last night, but that is what I remember him for, shooting, not being a crafty back-up point guard. Last night, Rondo and Allen handled the point and Dooling help spread the floor. The issue, we had to play Rondo 44 minutes and the question of a back-up is still open in my mind to the kind of penetrating that he did. It is clear that this is not Avery Bradley (although Doc loves his defense), and perhaps this could be ETwan Moore. I am concerned that they are going to force Dooling to be something he is not and we lose what he provided last night. I thought Doc's hand was forced last night with all the cheap fouls on Sasha and Quis; but the three guard set did look good. I trust now that we have these back-to-backs we can see Doc go deeper into his bench and we get to see Twan tonight in New Orleans. Shepherd CallPosted by ShepherdCall

Sounds like youre signing a different tune than when you posted this thread... Dooling is the backup ...end of story.... and as to Allen handling the point?? Are you not watching games or what? Allen would be a disaster handling the point and not once have I seen him at point.....

However this season ends, no one will ever say, "if the Celts had only signed Delonte instead of Dooling, they would have won the championship."

Danny has assembled an interesting collection of spare parts that should not be confused with serious basketball talent. He did what he could do, though it looks like they whiffed not drafting Norris Cole (time will tell).

Doc was awfully reassuring about Cole: "We liked him too...." OK then, that's great for us!

However this season ends, no one will ever say, "if the Celts had only signed Delonte instead of Dooling, they would have won the championship." Danny has assembled an interesting collection of spare parts that should not be confused with serious basketball talent. He did what he could do, though it looks like they whiffed not drafting Norris Cole (time will tell). Doc was awfully reassuring about Cole: "We liked him too...." OK then, that's great for us!Posted by BostonTrollSpanker

How many PG's do they have to draft. He have Rondo, MIA doesn't. We needed height, that's why we traded Marshon Brooks for JJJ on draft night. Could we use Brooks right now? Probably!!

In Response to Re: Delonte West versus Keyon Dooling : Sounds like youre signing a different tune than when you posted this thread... Dooling is the backup ...end of story.... and as to Allen handling the point?? Are you not watching games or what? Allen would be a disaster handling the point and not once have I seen him at point.....Posted by CASox

In my original post, I also stated that I did not think Dooling was a back-up point guard; I always remember him being a shooter and streaky one at that.

When I look at the entire roster I think we could have had Dooling at the two, Pietrus, and D-West at the back up point. I think Sasha would have been the odd man out.

I like what Dooling brought last night, but he did not do that from the being the back up point.... so if we want him to do that we need another solution at the postion.

In Response to Re: Delonte West versus Keyon Dooling : How many PG's do they have to draft. He have Rondo, MIA doesn't. We needed height, that's why we traded Marshon Brooks for JJJ on draft night. Could we use Brooks right now? Probably!!Posted by Red-16Russ-11

I hear you, but to make those comparisons go away we need to eventually give JJ some real time and see what he can do.

Point is Norris Cole is now developing value and that value can have real currency in the immediate future.

In Response to Re: Delonte West versus Keyon Dooling : I hear you, but to make those comparisons go away we need to eventually give JJ some real time and see what he can do. Point is Norris Cole is now developing value and that value can have real currency in the immediate future. Posted by ShepherdCall

Perhaps they will cut Mario Chalmers. He'd be a great backup to Rondo!!

What I hope we do not do is stick a square peg in a round hole like we kind of with Nate Robinson; Nate was high maintainece, but Doc tried to keep making him a classic back-up point guard to run the team. Nate is a free spirit and can create havoc with the rock.

People finally see Jamal Crwaford for who he is; when he is in the game he is to shoot, if he is not on yank him, if he is on, ride him. That is what Nate, Von Wafer, and I think Dooling is... shooters.

We did not see this from Dooling in the preseason because he had to run the team. Last night he was like a kid in a candy store. The guy firing the rock last night has a shooter-first mentality.

Doc made the point that he is no longer trying to make Avery Bradley a point guard and that is good. The question is, is he a two guard, because that is what Dooling is.